II. Listen and repeat.

Fin, feel, fail, fine, sniff, half.

III. Read these examples of the sound / f /.

few	fly	knife	afraid
leaf	freeze	stuff	sofa
free	offer	laugh	tough
coffee	selfish	frank	found
photo	gift	effort	safe

IV. Read the sound / f / in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.

	/f/
view	few	view
leave	leaf	leave
three	free	three
copy	coffee	copy

V . Listen to the sound /v/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this consonant sound

The English / v / is formed like the English / f / except that the vocal cords are made to vibrate and the tongue occupies a somewhat lower position.

VI. Listen and repeat.

6. Veal, vine, veil, view, leave, halve.

7. Vet, vest, van, volts, vote, vole.

VII. Read these examples of the sound / v /.

very	vote	wave	verse
vest	voice	twelve	value
vet	River	of	glove
van	wives	have	move
visa	loved	save	drive

VIII. Read the sound / v / in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.

	/v/
ferry	very	ferry
best	vest	best
wet	vet	wet
than	van	than

IX. Listen to the sounds in contrast and repeat.

• / f/ and / v /

Feel – veal, fine – vine, fail – veil, few – view, leaf – leave, half – halve.

• / b/ and / v /

Bet – vet, best – vest, ban – van, bolts – volts, boat – vote, bowl – vole.

X. Listen to the sound / w / on its own. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this consonant sound

The lips are more or less protruded and rounded forming a small round or oval-shaped opening through which the air escapes. The tongue is in the back part of the mouth cavity, its tip being retracted from the lower teeth. The back of the tongue is raised towards the soft palate. The vocal cords are in vibration.

XI. Listen and repeat.

We, wheel, west, wet, wine, whale.